GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3592

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 24, 2019

URBAN HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY

No. 3592. SHRI BINOY VISWAM :

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has any data on urban homeless people in the country;
(b) if so, the State-wise details thereof;
(c) what efforts have been made by the Central Government to resolve the issue of
urban homelessness during the last five years; and
(d) the year-wise details thereof?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) & (b): As per Census 2011, the total number of houseless urban household in India is
2,56,896. The State/UT-wise details are attached at Annexure-I.
(c) & (d): This Ministry is administering a scheme of ‘Shelter for Urban Homeless’ (SUH) as
a component of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-
NULM), through respective States/UTs. It is under implementation since 2014-15.
Objective of the scheme is to ensure availability and access of the urban homeless to
permanent shelters including the essential services. So far, a total of 1341 shelters are
operational in various States/UTs.

Government of India through its earlier schemes of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) has extended central assistance
to States/UTs for providing housing with basic civic amenities to urban poor. Government
has also launched Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-(Urban) on 25.06.2015 to provide central
assistance to States/UTs for providing housing to all eligible beneficiaries by 2022.

So far, 83,68,861 houses have been sanctioned under PMAY(U); out of this 49,54,357 are at
various stages of construction and 26,13,799 are completed. Details of houses sanctioned and
completed along with central assistance sanctioned during each of the last five years under
JnNURM & PMAY(U) (including subsumed projects of RAY) mission, are at Annexure-II.

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 ANNEXURE –I
Annexure referred in reply to RSUQ 3592 due for 24.07.2019

STATE-WISE HOUSELESS HOUSEHOLDS AS PER CENSUS- 2011

Source: HH -2 Houseless Households, Census-2011, Office of the Registrar General & Census
Commissioner, India.

State/Union Territory Houseless Urban households (in

Sl. No.
Numbers)
1 ANDHRA PRADESH 23376
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 68
3 ASSAM 915
4 BIHAR 3043
5 CHHATTISGARH 2531
6 GOA 498
7 GUJARAT 23987
8 HARYANA 5864
9 HIMACHAL PRADESH 227
10 JAMMU & KASHMIR 1623
11 JHARKHAND 2235
12 KARNATAKA 10922
13 KERALA 3992
14 MADHYA PRADESH 18508
15 MAHARASHTRA 32664
16 MANIPUR 326
17 MEGHALAYA 62
18 MIZORAM 24
19 NAGALAND 125
20 NCT OF DELHI 23078
21 ODISHA 4763
22 PUNJAB 4422
23 RAJASTHAN 16385
24 SIKKIM 13
25 TAMIL NADU 11035
26 TRIPURA 385
27 UTTAR PRADESH 41227
28 UTTARAKHAND 1947
29 WEST BENGAL 21087
30 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR IS. 42
31 CHANDIGARH 867
32 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 65
33 DAMAN & DIU 131
34 PUDUCHERRY 459
Total 256896
 Annexure –II

Annexure referred in reply to RSUQ No - 3592 due for 24.07.2019

Details of houses sanctioned and completed along with central assistance sanctioned
during each of the last five years in schemes Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission (JNNURM) & Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) of MoHUA

Central Assistance
Houses (Nos) (Rs in Cr.)
F.Y
Sanctioned Completed Sanctioned Released

2014-15 - 1,13,381 - 777.20

2015-16 7,25,884 1,17,455 12,190.42 3,225.63

2016-17 9,50,448 1,29,111 14,244.80 4,606.03

2017-18 24,89,280 3,27,898 37,937.31 16,531.21

2018-19 38,73,225 18,17,596 60,258.96 25,045.84

Cumulative 80,38,837 25,05,441 1,24,631.48 50,185.92

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